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+lib
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+# Functional Koans
+
+### Getting Started
+
+To download the dependencies, install leiningen
+(http://github.com/technomancy/leiningen). After you have leiningen
+installed run 
+
+`lein deps`
+
+which will download all dependencies you need to run the clojure koans.
+
+### Running The Koans
+
+To run the koans, simply run
+
+`ant`
+
+which will run all the files in the koans directory.
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+<project name="functional-koans" default="test">
+  <description>
+    functional-koans
+  </description>
+  
+  <path id="classpath">
+    <path location="src"/>
+    <fileset dir="lib">
+      <include name="*.jar"/>
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+  
+  <target name="test" description="Run tests">
+    <java fork="true" classname="clojure.main" failonerror="true">
+      <classpath>
+        <path refid="classpath"/>
+        <path location="koans"/>
+      </classpath>
+      <arg value="koans/path_to_enlightenment.clj"/>
+    </java>
+  </target>
+</project>
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+(ns about-asserts-test
+  (:use clojure.test))
+
+(deftest test-truth
+  (testing "We shall contemplate truth by testing reality, via asserts."
+    (assert false))) ;; This should be true
+
+(deftest test-assert-equality
+  (testing "To understand reality, we must compare our expectations against reality."
+    (let [expected-value 0
+          actual-value (+ 1 1)]
+      (is (= expected-value actual-value)))))
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+(use 'clojure.contrib.find-namespaces
+     'clojure.test)
+
+(def exit-code (atom 0))
+
+(defn find-tests []
+  (filter
+   #(re-find #"-test" (str %)) (find-namespaces-in-dir (java.io.File. "."))))
+
+(defn require-tests []
+  
+  (doseq [test (find-tests)]
+    (require test)))
+
+(require-tests)
+(let [results (apply merge-with + (map test-ns (find-tests)))]
+  (if (or (> (results :fail) 0)
+          (> (results :error) 0))
+    (System/exit -1)
+    (System/exit 0)))
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+(defproject functional-koans "0.0.1"
+  :description "The functional koans"
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.1.0"]
+                 [org.clojure/clojure-contrib "1.0-SNAPSHOT"]]
+  :dev-dependencies [[lein-clojars "0.5.0-SNAPSHOT"]]
+  :namespaces [koans])
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